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Page 109
... object of desire , for she had attained the peak of femininity . The fusion of procreation and sexuality was a consequence of taking the whole , integrated organism as the object of study . The par- ticular interest of de Sade's ...
... object of desire , for she had attained the peak of femininity . The fusion of procreation and sexuality was a consequence of taking the whole , integrated organism as the object of study . The par- ticular interest of de Sade's ...
Page 110
... object bought and sold daily , fre- quently under the guise of institutions like marriage , which supposedly protected and cherished human beings while in fact treating them as cattle . De Sade's view was the reverse of the medical ...
... object bought and sold daily , fre- quently under the guise of institutions like marriage , which supposedly protected and cherished human beings while in fact treating them as cattle . De Sade's view was the reverse of the medical ...
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... object : he had clung with all the force of his nature to his work and his money ; and like all objects to which a man devotes him- self , they had fashioned him into correspondence with themselves . His loom , as he wrought in it Fairy ...
... object : he had clung with all the force of his nature to his work and his money ; and like all objects to which a man devotes him- self , they had fashioned him into correspondence with themselves . His loom , as he wrought in it Fairy ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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